B-220056.2: Jan 23, 1986

A minority-owned, small business firm protested the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) failure to consider it for a follow-on contract for technical support, contending that: (1) EPA deliberately led it to believe that its contract performance was satisfactory and, therefore, should be required to consider it for the follow-on section of the contract; (2) the project officer interfered with i...

B-220056.2: Jan 23, 1986

THE PROTEST THEREFORE IS DENIED. LED ISI TO BELIEVE THAT ITS CONTRACT PERFORMANCE WAS SATISFACTORY. THE PROTEST IS DENIED. THE THRUST OF THE SECTION 8(A) PROGRAM IS TO INSULATE PARTICIPANTS FROM OPEN PRICE COMPETITION WITH ESTABLISHED FIRMS UNTIL THE SECTION 8(A) FIRMS ARE CAPABLE OF SO COMPETING. OUR REVIEW OF ACTIONS UNDER THE SECTION 8(A) PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO DETERMINING WHETHER APPLICABLE REG...